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'''Gender markers''' are data points that show the gender of a person on a document (such as passport, driver's license, insurance card, birth certificate, etc) or in a computer system (such as an employee database, electronic health record, etc). Sometimes this data point is called "[[Sex]]" instead of "Gender". | '''Gender markers''' are data points that show the gender of a person on a document (such as passport, driver's license, insurance card, birth certificate, etc) or in a computer system (such as an employee database, electronic health record, etc). Sometimes this data point is called "[[Sex]]" instead of "Gender". | ||
The standard common gender markers are M for [[male]] and F for [[female]]. Other gender markers (which are not always available) include U for unspecified, O for [[other]], | The standard common gender markers are M for [[male]] and F for [[female]]. Other gender markers (which are not always available) include U for unspecified, O for [[other]], E for [[eunuch]]<ref name="FoggDavis">{{Cite web |title=Let’s delete sex-identity from birth certificates |last=Fogg Davis |first=Heath |work=Aeon |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://aeon.co/ideas/lets-delete-sex-identity-from-birth-certificates |quote=Heath Fogg Davis }}</ref>, and X for a nonbinary or [[intersex]] person (although many intersex people have a [[gender identity]] of binary man/woman). | ||
Some transgender and nonbinary [[activism|activists]] hold the view that gender markers are unnecessary and should be done away with.<ref name="FoggDavis">{{Cite web |title= | Even when a U, O, or X option is available, not all nonbinary people will be comfortable selecting it.<ref name="Muth">{{Cite web |title=Why I Marked "F" as the Gender on My License Even Though I'm Nonbinary |last=Muth |first=Laura |work=Allure |date=21 December 2018 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://www.allure.com/story/nonbinary-gender-identity-drivers-license}}</ref> | ||
Some transgender and nonbinary [[activism|activists]] hold the view that gender markers are unnecessary and should be done away with.<ref name="FoggDavis" /><ref name="GhoshalKnight">{{Cite web |title=Netherlands Sees No Role for Gender Marker on ID Documents |author1=Ghoshal, Neela |author2=Knight, Kyle |work=Human Rights Watch |date=8 July 2020 |access-date=8 October 2020 |url= https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/08/netherlands-sees-no-role-gender-marker-id-documents }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||